The Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship sponsors the IDEA Den, a center for student-led Innovation that focuses on incubating start-up ideation and growing new ventures. Additionally within the College of Business, the SAP Next-Gen Lab is constantly developing '''ERPsimulation''' events, workshops, and speaker series’ to engage students with innovation in information systems. This last year, over 50 students traveled to Chicago to create a relationship with SAP leadership.
The School of Music hosts a myriad of workshops, competitions, and concerts to give performance opportunities to prepare students for their future professional endeavors. Some of these include the Summer School of Music Institute which offers professional instruction to high school students for a low cost; CMU Sax Day which exposes high school students to life in a college saxophone studio, as well as a series of masterclasses; and competitions like the Concerto Competition allowing current students a challenge to work for.
Additionally, continuous development of internships and industry collaboration is competitive. Within CMU’s entrepreneurship workshops and bootcamps, over 20 entrepreneurs from around the nation fly and drive in to mentor students on new ventures and startups.